Actorly singing: cute attempts

I wonder if practising singing works like cross-training for actors. It’s fun to see them singing on stage.

Park Eun-bin singing The King's Affection's 'If' during her Singapore fan meet.

Lee Jong-suk at his Taipei fan meet singing While You Were Sleeping's 'Come to me'.

Moon Embracing the Sun's young Kim So-hyun, Kim Yoo-jung and Yeo Gin-goo singing at the MBC awards show. (much preferred to watching the adult versions of their characters)

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A lesson in love

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